Podocyte degradomics - N-Degradomic Analysis Reveals a Proteolytic Network Processing the Podocyte Cytoskeleton

Regulated intracellular proteolysis is essential in maintaining the integrity of podocytes and the glomerular filtration barrier of the kidney. Altered proteolytic substrate turnover has been associated with various glomerular diseases ranging from diabetic nephropathy to focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis. However, thus far it has not been possible to systematically identify proteolytically cleaved proteins although some of the proteases have been characterized. Here we applied TAILS to map N-termini in the mouse glomeruli proteome and to determine and quantify N termini in podocyte cell cultures challenged with PAN.